TECHNICAL PAPER

PRIMARY EQUIPMENT
IN SUBSTATION
Synopsis
Primary equipments in a substation play a very important role in
maintaining power system integrity and power supply availability to the
end user. Modern power system is very complex in nature which produces
transients during various switching operations, stability problems at
different operating contingencies and power system faults, instrument
transformers non linear response causing secondary equipment
misoperation resulting further degradation of power system integrity.
Power system elements like transformers and transformer bushings can
damage due to various reasons and installing online condition monitoring /
Power quality monitoring system can provide early warning message to
take immediate corrective action.
Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) provide system stability
enhancement.

Simulated Transient recovery voltage due to current

chopping in 380kV Shunt reactor
No surge arrester

The new technologies provide a face-lift to the described problem. Such

technological changes are applicable to Power Transformers, Circuit
Breakers and Instrument Transformers.
This paper provides information about such technological changes
specifying the advantages for the problems at the existing technology.
This paper was submitted by Mr. Johnson Thomai at the Substation
Automation & Smart Grid Forum (SASG) 2011 in Jeddah

Simulated Fast Transient voltage due to switching

operation in 380kV GIS

MR. JOHNSON THOMAI (ENGINEERING MANAGER)

B.Sc. Electrical Engineering West Coast University, Panama
Diploma Electrical Engineering PSG College of Technology, Tamilnadu, India

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